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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="#F2E3CE" lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#F2E3CE'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:#FAFAFA'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050'>The latest employment news and expert critique from the Institute of Employment Rights.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=190 valign=top style='width:142.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050'>Is this email not displaying correctly?<br><a href="http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=bfce15d9bb37b64de42086ad2&id=c9ba800ebc&e=f9032df4ea" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>View it in your browser</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:white;border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt' id=templateContainer><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:white' id=templateHeader><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/"><b><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202020;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=138 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CE2BBD.5A26F940" alt="News_Brief_28_03_131364479327.jpg"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202020'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt' id=templateBody><tr><td width=400 valign=top style='width:300.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=400 style='width:300.0pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=400 style='width:300.0pt'><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:513.25pt'><td valign=top style='padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt;height:513.25pt'><h1 style='margin-bottom:6.8pt;line-height:34.7pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:16.5pt;color:#A43F65'>New on the Coalition Timeline<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/coalition-timeline"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=356 height=165 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image014.jpg@01CDBE8E.746FF460" alt="Coalition Timeline.jpg"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>What have we learned from the Coalition Timeline so far? <span style='color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1385"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Find out in the IER's latest series of articles</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Trade Union Rights<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Plan to take right to strike from civil servants (27/03/2013)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Public Sector</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Search and rescue to be privatised (26/03/2013)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'> </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/coalition-timeline" target="_blank"><span style='color:#A43F65;background:white'>GO TO THE TIMELINE TO READ MORE</span></a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h4><span style='color:#A43F65'>Take Action</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>.</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#A43F65'>Campaign on behalf of the Shrewsbury 24<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Help fight for justice for the 24 trade unionists arrested after picketing for fairer pay and conditions in Shrewsbury in 1972 by signing Ricky Tomlinson's e-petition: </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65'>Please share this email widely to help get this e-petition up to the requisite 100,000 signatures to be considered for discussion in parliament.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/35394"><span style='color:#A43F65'>http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/35394</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='color:#A43F65'>In Conversation: Frances O'Grady & Sharan Burrow</span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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